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Sitting at the intersection of Facilitation, User Experience, Innovation & Design, I have spent the better part of the last 20 years working with organizations to define, design and develop strategies or solutions to fit their organization’s challenges and then implement them. I’ve worked with organizations from small sole-proprietorships up to some of the largest organizations within Canada, across a broad range of industries.

I currently lead Technology Experience Strategy where I'm helping redefine how we deliver IT services & technologies to employees at a major Canadian bank, a proud father of two boys and an avid photographer.

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Less than 60 days until VizThink Europe…

When I started at VizThink back in May, October seemed a long, long ways off. Now we’re under 60 days to go until the VizThink Europe conference and things are really starting to get busy.

Over the past couple of months Tom, VizThink’s CEO, has been posting a steady stream of facilitator, sponsor & programming announcements. As the weeks go by it’s shaping up more and more as a great lineup of people. Even if you were at the conference in San Francisco it’s worth taking a look at Berlin as, with only a few exceptions, the lineup of facilitators is entirely new. It is, for all intents and purposes, an entirely different conference.

I’m personally excited to meet (or reconnect with) many of the folks on the list already & especially excited about the Lego Serious Play based session with Per Kristiansen (watch VizThink podcast with Per here) – I have a feeling it’ll be one of the most popular sessions at the conference. If you want to see the full list of facilitators you can find it here.

I’m also really looking forward to getting back to Berlin again – I was there last year (photos) for Localization World and I’m keen to explore the city a little more while I’m there. It’s a great city for a conference and there’s tonnes to do and see in the off hours as well (if you come definitely plan on staying a couple of extra days to see the city).

If you want to get some idea of content to expect conference I would suggest starting with our growing library of VizThink podcasts & webinars available on the VizThink blog – A lot of the podcasts are with facilitators who have already been announced so you should get some great insights into the types of topics or ideas you can expect to be covered.